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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Try this function: <a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Contributed/short2flt_hdf.shtml">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Contributed/short2flt_hdf.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>/M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Marston S. Johnston, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Department of Earth Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>University of Gothenburg, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Email: <a href="mailto:marston.johnston@gu.se"><span style='color:#0070C0'>marston.johnston@gu.se</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>SkypeID: marston.johnston <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Phone: +46-31-7864901 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>Only the fruitful thing is true!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><ncl-talk-bounces@ucar.edu> on behalf of Michael Notaro <mnotaro@wisc.edu><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 13 June 2017 at 22:33<br><b>To: </b>"ncl-talk@ucar.edu" <ncl-talk@ucar.edu><br><b>Subject: </b>[ncl-talk] hdf confusion<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Sorry for the ignorant question but I am having trouble figuring out<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>how to properly retrieve the land-lake-ocean mask off this MODIS hdf file.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>If I ncl_filedump *hdf, it shows the variable as ushort. If I ncl_filedump *hdf.hdfeos,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>it shows the variable as short. Which should I use in addfile and how do I <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>retrieve the values of 001=land, 000=ocean, etc?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>ncl_filedump h10v04_yellowstone/MOD13Q1.A2012001.h10v04.006.2015236172021.hdf.hdfeos<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> short 250m_16_days_VI_Quality_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI ( YDim_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI, XDim_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> coordinates :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>GridLat_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI, GridLon_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> hdfeos_name :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>250m 16 days VI Quality<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> projection :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>Sinusoidal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> unsigned :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>True<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> Legend :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>Bit Fields Description (Right to Left): <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[0-1] : MODLAND_QA [2 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>00: VI produced, good quality <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>01: VI produced, but check other QA <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>10: Pixel produced, but most probably cloudy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>11: Pixel not produced due to other reasons than clouds <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[2-5] : VI usefulness [4 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0000: Highest quality <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0001: Lower quality <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0010..1010: Decreasing quality <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1100: Lowest quality <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1101: Quality so low that it is not useful <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1110: L1B data faulty <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1111: Not useful for any other reason/not processed <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[6-7] : Aerosol quantity [2 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>00: Climatology <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>01: Low <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>10: Average <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>11: High (11) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[8] : Adjacent cloud detected; [1 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[9] : Atmosphere BRDF correction performed [1 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[10] : Mixed clouds [1 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[11-13] : Land/Water Flag [3 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>000: Shallow ocean <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>001: Land (Nothing else but land) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>010: Ocean coastlines and lake shorelines <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>011: Shallow inland water <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>100: Ephemeral water <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>101: Deep inland water <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>110: Moderate or continental ocean <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>111: Deep ocean <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[14] : Possible snow/ice [1 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[15] : Possible shadow [1 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> _FillValue :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>-1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> valid_range :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>( 0, -2 )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> units :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>bit field<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> long_name :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>250m 16 days VI Quality<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>ncl_filedump h10v04_yellowstone/MOD13Q1.A2012001.h10v04.006.2015236172021.hdf</span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> ushort 250m_16_days_VI_Quality ( YDim_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI, XDim_MODIS_Grid_16DAY_250m_500m_VI )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> long_name :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>250m 16 days VI Quality<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> units :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>bit field<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> valid_range :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>( 0, 65534 )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> _FillValue :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>65535<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> Legend :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>Bit Fields Description (Right to Left): <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[0-1] : MODLAND_QA [2 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>00: VI produced, good quality <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>01: VI produced, but check other QA <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>10: Pixel produced, but most probably cloudy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>11: Pixel not produced due to other reasons than clouds <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[2-5] : VI usefulness [4 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0000: Highest quality <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0001: Lower quality <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0010..1010: Decreasing quality <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1100: Lowest quality <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1101: Quality so low that it is not useful <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1110: L1B data faulty <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1111: Not useful for any other reason/not processed <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[6-7] : Aerosol quantity [2 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>00: Climatology <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>01: Low <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>10: Average <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>11: High (11) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[8] : Adjacent cloud detected; [1 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[9] : Atmosphere BRDF correction performed [1 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[10] : Mixed clouds [1 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[11-13] : Land/Water Flag [3 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>000: Shallow ocean <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>001: Land (Nothing else but land) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>010: Ocean coastlines and lake shorelines <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>011: Shallow inland water <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>100: Ephemeral water <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>101: Deep inland water <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>110: Moderate or continental ocean <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>111: Deep ocean <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[14] : Possible snow/ice [1 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>[15] : Possible shadow [1 bit range] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>1: Yes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>0: No<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'> hdf_name :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Menlo;color:black'>250m 16 days VI Quality<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Michael Notaro<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Associate Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>University of Wisconsin-Madison<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Phone: (608) 261-1503<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Email: mnotaro@wisc.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ ncl-talk mailing list ncl-talk@ucar.edu List instructions, subscriber options, unsubscribe: http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/ncl-talk <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>